MEDFORD, Mass. -- Senior Zack Brown (Melrose, Mass.) and sophomore
Steve
Lapham (Newburyport, Mass.) pitched complete-game victories as the Tufts
Jumbos swept a double-header from the Bates Bobcats in New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) baseball action on Saturday
afternoon. Tufts won the first game 2-1 and the second game 7-0.

Brown allowed seven hits in the opener, with junior 2B Pat Collins
(Walpole, Mass.) doubling home sophomore C Ben Donaldson (Lemoine,
Maine) for
the only Bates
run in the top of the second. Tufts sophomore RF Dan Callahan (Medfield,
Mass,) tied the game in the bottom of the third with a run-scoring double.
In
the home fifth,
Bates narrowly missed turning a double play and the Jumbos scored the
eventual game winner on a bases-loaded walk by junior 2B Cory Dolich
(Alameda, Calif.).
In the nightcap, Lapham held the Bobcats to one hit over the first four
innings as the Jumbos built a 6-0 lead. In the top of the sixth, Bates
first-year Liam Ryan
(Marblehead, Mass.) was thrown out at the plate trying to score to
preserve
Lapham's second shutout of the season. Tufts senior SS Mike Gray (Teaneck,
N.J.) had two
RBIs and the Jumbos twice executed double-steals, with junor LF Todd
Boutwell (Woburn, Mass.) and freshman CF Evan Zupancic (Lake Oswego, Ore.)
swiping
home.

Tufts improved to 10-3 overall and 2-0 in the league. Bates remained
winless at 0-6 and 0-2 in the NESCAC.